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Tuvalu

East Asia & Pacific · Upper middle income · capital Funafuti

Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

67.3years

Ranks 175 of 217 in 2024

10% below world median · 8% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

19.2per 1,000 live births

Ranks 122 of 196 in 2024

28% above world median · 12% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

170per 100,000 live births

Ranks 150 of 194 in 2023

2.6× above world median · 1.1× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2019 · 7 years old

5.7% of under-5s

Ranks 8 of 46 in 2019

62% below world median · 68% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 46 countries reporting in 2019 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

27.09% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

3.3× above world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

3.17births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

67% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2022 · 4 years old

100.0% of adults 15+

Ranks 1 of 45 in 2022

10% above world median · 4% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 45 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

101.1% gross

Ranks 54 of 134 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2023 · 3 years old

12.85% of GDP

Ranks 2 of 121 in 2023

2.5× above world median · 2.4× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

6,041current US$

Ranks 109 of 186 in 2025

23% below world median · 9% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

6,759international $

Ranks 143 of 185 in 2025

67% below world median · 59% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2010 · 16 years old

9.0% of population

Ranks 61 of 86 in 2010

5.4× above world median · 1.1× above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 86 countries reporting in 2010 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2010 · 16 years old

39.1index, 0–100

Ranks 59 of 86 in 2010

16% above world median · 8% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 86 countries reporting in 2010 — not a published figure

Inflation

2011 · 15 years old

0.5% per year

Not ranked — no better end

90% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2011 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

8.7% of population

Ranks 146 of 148 in 2024

89% below world median · 86% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2017 · 9 years old

35.2% of population

Ranks 143 of 200 in 2017

41% below world median · 34% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 200 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

0.00t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

1.0× below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

9.5kpeople

Not ranked — no better end

100% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Tuvalu has no figure in this dataset for Unemployment, Military spending. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.